Lime spreader



Oct. 2,1928. Y 'l C. D. BOUSMAN LIME SPREADER Filed Jan. 18, 1926 WTNESSES IN1/EN TOR.

fm A from/EY Patented Oct. 2, V1928.

- -UNITEDQs'rATEs -oLAUnE D. BoUsMAN, or KANsAs CITY, KANSAS.

V LIME SPREADER.

Application med January 1s, v192e. serial No. :32,001r

My inventionrelatesto improvements in limespreaders. lWhile particularly Well adapt-ed for spreading lime or lime stone dust, my improved spreader is adapted' for 5 use inv spreading over'` the ground different x kinds of fertilizing'material or for broad- V ,casting seeds. p i Y My invention relates particularlyto 4the type ofspreaders Which are attached tothe l rear ends of Wagon beds and which yare adaptedto'be ioperated by power derived from, the Wheels of the Wagons. v r One of the? objectsofmyinvention is to prpvide a spreader 0f 'the kind described l5 which isvery simple in construction, Which is chea'p'to construct, which isstrong, durable, vnot liable to get outoi order, which may be readily and quicklygatt-achedto a Wagon, and which is eilicient in operation; A' further objectofv m invention is "to provide novel means for i astening the hopper to the rear end of the Wagon bed.

Still another object ofmy invention is Vto provide novel 'means for adjustably regulating the. discharge of the material from the hopper. v v

'My inventionY provides further ,a novel 'ispreadermemberadapted lfor adjustment as to height from the ground to suit Wind conditions, and range of spread. y My invention provides still 'further a `novel simplefmechanism for revolving the spreader memberand agitating the materia-l which is being discharged from thehopper. The novelfeaturesof my# invention are hereinafterV fully described and claimed'.

Inthe acoompanyingdrawing, which il# i llu'strates vthe preferred embodiment of my invention, i l v 40 Fig. 1 is a side elevationof my improved 4spreader shownattached to a'WagonWhich is partly broken away."

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.-

3.-3'of Fig; 2. Y Y f Fig. 4 isV an enlargedxseotion on lthe line 4-4ofFig-1. n' .p i

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section onv the line Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on the line V6-6 of Fig.Y 2.

. Fig. 3 is an enlarged 'section on the line' l Fig. 7 is afsection on theline 7-7 of Fig.

Similar reference similarV parts in thediiierentviews. ,o

1 designates the body of a hopper, kwhich -may be ofany desired shape` they one shown being of rectangularform, the body having a front mouth portion 2, of less depththan the 'body 1'and `which is ladapted to vrest upon the bottom 3 of a Wagon bed, and to be fitted between the side" boards 4 ofthe bed.l The front of the vportion 2 ,is open, so that material to'be spread may be shoveled, Without lifting, from the bedl directly back into thehopper bodyY 1'.

characters 4designate For firmly and securely and* quickly ,y det'achablyv fastening the hopper body 1 to the rear end of the bed, so that thehopper will be held against there'ar ends of the side boards 4 and bottom 3, opposite endsof the body 1 are respectively provided with abutments comprising.preferably angle plates 5 against the rear sidesV of which respectively bear tWo vnuts 6, Which are'respect'ively fitted on they threaded rearfends of tWo rods 7 Which respectively extend throughthe angle plates 5, and which may be respectively extended through the usual ,opening's'SQin ythe upper ends of the standardsQ, which are'mounted in the usual manner on the rear bolster 10 at 'the outersides respectivelyof the side .boards 4 of the ,vvagon bed.

'Eachrod may be provided at its for- Ward' endwith suitable means for venga 'nm Vthe adyacent standard, such means m the iorm shown being ahook. 11.

vIn fastening the hopperl'to the. bed, the

lhopper portion 2 is inserted'into the rear lend of the'bedandthe.rods flare inserted through 'the .holes Y8 in the" 'standards' 9l and throughthe. angle plates 5 The hooks 11 Vare engagedy with thestandards 9`and the v nuts 6are fitted on the rods7`so as to bear.

tightly against therear sidesofthe angle plates,5,fthus holding the hopper firmly and securely 'against the" rear end lof the Wagon A bed'. y I

. The bottom'of thebody 1 of thehoppei` is provided With a discl'iargeopening 12, Figs. 2,3 and'fover Which'is slidably mounted a a't valve platel? which is longitudinauy and horizontally adjustable on the bottom of the body 1 between two guide plates 14 secured to thel upper side of the bottom of the hopper body'l. The left end ofthe body l has a slot 15 in which is slidable an operating bar 16, the inner end of" which ispiv oted to the valve plate 13. The under side 'of the bar 16 has a longitudinal row of notches 17, each of which is adapted to re ceive that portion of the body 1 which is at the bottom of the slot 15, for releasablyl holding the bar 16 and valve platel3 inthe positions to which they may be adjusted. By adjusting the bar 16, the amount discharged through the opening 12 may adjusted to suit the requirements.

For spreading the lime or other material which is dischar yed from thehopper through the opening 12, rovide suitablespreading means located un er the opening 1,2. In ther form of my invention shown, such spreading means comprises a downwardly flaring plreader member 18, preferably conical, the

tiring surface of which is under and alined' with the opening 12v. The member 18 is preferably vertically adjustable so as to suit Wind conditions, extentkor range of. spread and kind of material to be spread. The higher the position of the spreader member 18,the Wider will be the rangevr of spread, and the thinner will be the. layer spread material, for the same speed of travel and s Y amount of Ymaterial dischargedv in a given Theho tom flange 23 through which extend bolts 24, which also extend `through the bottom of I the body,k 1 and through aY clamping late ,25, which bears against thev under si el of vthe bottom of -Vthe bod `bearing againstv its un er side. nuts 26 `re- 1, and which has spectively mounted on the bolts 24, Fig. 3.

The plate 25 is provided with a vertical hole in .which the. shaft 2() is rotatable. Upon theupper end of the 'shaft 20 in the houslng member 22 is fastened a bevel gear 27, whlch meshes with a bevel gear 28 in the` housing 22 andl fastened to a horizontal Shaft 29, which extends through and is rofed through `ho per 'body 1, Figs., 1, 2 and 6.

tatable in the housing body 22, and which also extends through the right end of the or agitating the material, which `is being jtnuous and even feeding, there 1s fastened v'toithe innerend'of the horizontal Vsha-ft 29 theA opening 12, to assume con- Y an agitator member 30, which has one or more arms adapted in revolving to pass over and close to the opening 12.

For driving the horizontal shaft 29, it has keyed to it, outside the hopper body 1, a collar 31, 'F ig. 6, to the periphery of which is pivoted, in a longitudinal groove 32, so

as to swing from the released dotted position, Fig. 6, to the horizontal locking posif tion shown in solid lines, a locking member 33, which in the horizontal position is adapted to lie in a longitudinal groove 34. provided in the hub of a sprocketV wheel 35, which is revoluble on the horizontal shaft 29, and which is connected by a .chain belt 36 with a sprocket wheel 37, which is attached in anyv suitable manner to the adjacent rear carrying Wheel 38 of the wagon, as by bolts 39, which engage the hub of the wheel,

Fig. 2. Y

With the various parts mounted, as, de-

scribed, when the wagon is moved for.- wardly, the shaft'29 will be revolved by means of the wheel 38, sprocket wheel 37, chain belt 36, sprocket wheel .35, locking member 33, and collar 31,.l For releasably `holding the locking member 33 in the groove 34, there may be fastened tothe inner side Y.

ofthe fwheely35 a spring plate 40, which normally bearsagainst the outer` side of the member33. To releaseV the locking member so thatit maybe swung to the dotted position in Fig. 6, so that the spreader mecha- Y nism will be inoperative, when the wagon is traveling `from place to place, the spring 40 may be pressed at its free end toward the wheel 35j, so as to pass'the outer end of the member 33. f

When the shaft 29 is revolved, the agitator'member 30 willbe revolved with it, as will be the 4spreader member 18, the latter beingrevolved throught@ immediacy of Y the gears 28 and v27 and shaft 2 0.

The material discharged through the opening 12 will fall upon the revolving flaringsurface of the spreader member 18, and will be thrown therefrom Vby centrifugal force,so as to form a sheet on the ground.

Ifthe wind isy strong and liable to scatter too widely the Vspread material, *thel set screws 21 may be loosenedy and. the spreader member 18 adjusted to a lower position on the shaft 20, after which the nuts 21 are.:-

again tightened.V v A collar 41 on the outer end of the shaft 29 holds the sprocketwheel 35 on said shaft.

I do not' limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modi- A V cations, within the scopeofthe appended claim, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.,

What I claim is In a lime spreader of the kind described,...

the combination with the bedjand two opposite bolster standards of a wagon, said stand- .1,686,143 1 L o' vi3 ards having each a hole therethrough, offhaving threaded rear ends and each having a hopper having a front mouthportion eX- a hook at its forward end engaging the tending a substantial distance into the rear adjacentstandard, and two nuts adjustably open end and resting on the bottom and dismounted on the threaded portions respechopper at its opposite ends having two plates against the rear sides of said plates. each having a hole alining with the hole of In testimony whereofA I have signed niy the adjacent standard, two rods respectively name to this specification. Y extending through the holes of said standm ards and through the holes in said plates and CLAUDE D. BOUSMAN.

0 posed between the sides of said bed, said tively of said rods and bearing respectively l5 

